Practice Management

Sikich LLP has entered into a merger agreement with the accounting, tax, business consulting, litigation support and business valuation practice of Sleeper Disbrow Morrison Tarro & Lively LLC in Decatur, Ill.

Yacht broker Robert Moran has been sentenced to two months in prison on tax fraud charges, making him the third former UBS client to be sentenced to prison in South Florida in the past two weeks.

The Internal Revenue Service has selected four new members and a chairman for the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee.

Loucks, Adamek, Ashegian & Co. has changed its name to Sousa & Weber and expanded its services.

Two Florida accounting firms — Proctor, Crook & Crowder and Fogal & Associates — have merged to form one of the largest firms on the state’s Treasure Coast.

Tax accountants who help U.S. taxpayers hide their income in foreign banks are in the crosshairs of a new push by Congress and the Obama administration to crack down on offshore tax haven cheats.

The House voted to approve health care reform, moving the legislation now to an uncertain outcome in the Senate.

President Barack Obama has signed the extension of the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, along with an extension of unemployment benefits.

Eighty-eight percent of senior financial executives believe the positions of CEO and chairman of the board should be separate, according to a new survey by Grant Thornton.

A letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman may hold the key to the shape of the recommendations to be proposed before the end of the year on tax preparer registration.